Rookery Bay Launch to Sand Hill Bay loop
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.73 nm
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 45 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- -19 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 667
- Uploaded
- May 23, 2020
- Recorded
- May 2020
near Shell Island, Florida (United States)
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Itinerary description
Launch area is at the end of Shell Island Road near the Rookery Bay research facility. Shell Island Road is a 2.8-mile long, low speed paved road through an upland preserve where deer, tortoises and other wildlife are common. The gate at the road (usually) opens at sunrise (±). The shallow sand launch is into 4 acre protected cove with an outlet to the north. Free parking is a short walk away after you unload.
The trip goes WNW up Rookery Bay to Sand Hill Creek and north up Sand Hill Creek to Sand Hill Bay. The return trip follows the same route south but turns east before the Bay
Sand Hill itself is marked "no trespassing" but a plaque on a monument dedicates it to the public - see picture below.
The trip goes WNW up Rookery Bay to Sand Hill Creek and north up Sand Hill Creek to Sand Hill Bay. The return trip follows the same route south but turns east before the Bay
Sand Hill itself is marked "no trespassing" but a plaque on a monument dedicates it to the public - see picture below.
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